Traingate: Corbyn rails at Branson

25 August 2016 - 09:41
By © The Daily Telegraph

Richard Branson has been labelled a "tax exile" who is "laughing all the way to the bank" by Jeremy Corbyn's campaign manager, while the Labour leader threatened Branson with renationalisation of the railways. Sam Tarry, the director for Corbyn's campaign, launched his attack on Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, after Virgin Trains released CCTV footage showing the Labour leader walking past empty seats before creating a film on the floor of a train that he claimed was "ram-packed".

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